CHINA: Waking Up

Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas is a
well-meaning liberal who has traveled from the Rockies to the
Himalayas, stalking the Common Man with cliche and camera. In 1948 he
reported that Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist regime was "tainted by
corrupt and reactionary elements"; it had "lost the heart of the
people," who had turned to Communism as their only hope. Last year he
urged U.S. recognition of the Chinese Communists. Recognition, said
Douglas, would wean the Chinese people and their masters away from
Russian domination.